Côte d'Ivoire Emigration and Immigration

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Finding the Town of Origin in Ivory Coast

If you are using emigration/immigration records to find the name of your ancestors' town in Ivory Coast, see Ivory Coast Finding Town of Origin for additional research strategies.

Ivory Coast Emigration and Immigration

"Emigration" means moving out of a country. "Immigration" means moving into a country.
Emigration and immigration sources list the names of people leaving (emigrating) or arriving (immigrating) in the country. These sources may be passenger lists, permissions to emigrate, or records of passports issued. The information in these records may include the emigrants’ names, ages, occupations, destinations, and places of origin or birthplaces. Sometimes they also show family groups.

Immigration into Ivory Coast

Emigration From Ivory Coast

Records of Emigrants in Their Destination Nations

One option is to look for records about the ancestor in the country of destination, the country they immigrated into. See links to immigration records for major destination countries below.

For Further Reading

There are additional sources listed in the FamilySearch Catalog:

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